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Potent drugless dendrimers

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A dendrimer that depletes bioavailable copper as a result of its internal make-up displays powerful anticancer activity in mice, and no observable adverse effects.

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Lyu, Z., Peng, L. Potent drugless dendrimers. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 686–688 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-017-0136-3

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